Machine for vending postage-stamps.



MACHINE 'OR VENDING POSTAGE STAMPS;V

APPLICATION 11111111 D110. 1, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED DEGH'T; 1905.

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' M. DBLUDE.' MACHINE POR' VENDING POSTAGE STAMPS;

- APPLICATION FILED DE 7 -1 5 I I i UNITED' STATES PATE-Nr OFFICE. d

" MISAEL DELU'DE, or Noii'rH Bacon-MELD', ,MA'ssAcnusnris.y

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y specification of Letters Patent.' f Patented June 19, 190e.

.Applicant nei December 7.1905. serial No. 290,667.

To 0l/ZZ whom, it 11i/wy concern.: v v x -Be it known that I, MISAEL DELUDE, a citip Zen of the United States, residing at North Brookfield, inthe county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented` a new and usefull ,Machine for 3V ending Postage- Stamps, oi' which the following is a specification. v Y

This invention relates tol a coin-controlled machine for vending postage-stamps.v

The especialobject of `this inventionv is to provide a simple fand efficient form of vendv apparatus only when the proper coin or coins" l serted after the su are used, to provide asimple vand efficient form of feed mechanism for feedingout and deliveringv successive stamps, and to provide an automatic stop prevnting'coins being inly of stamps is exhausted. `To these ends vt s invention consists-of the4 postage-stamp-vending machine and of the` combinations of parts therein, ashereinafte'r- I described, and more particularly pointed fout #in the claimsat the end of this specification.

In the accompanying threesheets ofdrawingsFig'ure 1 is `a lpllan .view of -a postagestamp-vending mac 'ne constructed accordingto this invention, the cover ofl the'casing bein removed and part ofthel coin-slide being i'own in posi-tion to be inserted into the machine. Fig. -2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Y 'Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig.v 4 is a, transverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a fra mentary view,'partly broken away, ofithe side. Eig. 6 is a detail view of the stop-piece. Fig. 7 is a detailvieW ofthe catch-piece for retaining the coin'or coins. Fig. 8 isa detail view of the 'feed-paWl for advancing'the feed-belt; andFigs. 9 to- 12 inelusive, are fragmentary plan views illustrating the operation of the machine. In Fig.V 9- the operating-slide is .being inserted, in Fig. j 10 it is shown pushed in far enough to have operated the machine, in Fig 11 the slide is the, machine, andl in 12 the operatingslide has been completely withdrawn and the position, which will prevent the slide from being inserted to operate the device.

and in detail, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operative parts are preferably housed within a box orfc'asing C, The casing may, if deshown in Fig. 3.

The stamps, which areto be delivered one and from the spool 15 the string of stamps W stop` device for preventing the operation of the machine when the supply of stamps fails. The construction ofthis stop device is most clearly .illustrated in Fig. 4. v As shown in this figure, a standard 17 is provided (with a 17 is a cut-off plate having a part 19 and an arm 20, guided in. the bracket 18. .The

A the automatic cut-off device the stamps pass through a guidef21 and between the deliveryrolls -22 and 23, which are preferably geared to turntogethe'r.

Wrapped around the top delivery-roll 22'is Y is provided with properly-spaced sockets or recesses 2 5. At its lother end the belt 24 passes over the roll 26. To advance the belt 24 the stamps W, I 'employ an operating-p awl 27. (Shown in Fig'. 81)

'As shownin Fig. 1

ways-29 and normally vforced. back by .a

.maybe advanced to feed'out or deliver a stamp is preferably regulated. by side stops, so that exactly lone-stamp `will be delivered for each'op'era'tion of the machine. y

The feeding-out operation is effected by 27 vonly when the same contains the required coin orcoins. The detalls of this slide or key and-the manner inwhich the same cooperates this invention.

feelers or fingers thereof have resu e'd their i sired, be provided with a hinged :over,as`

pass under the guide-roll 16 and up over the properdistance to deliver asingle one of thespring 30. The distancel that "the slide` 28 Referring to the accompanying drawings at a time, are wound upon a spool or drum 15'7 l Aguideracket 18. Pivoted in the standard stamps W ass over the arm 2() and normally` l. i'

hold'the p ate 19 up out of the Way. vFrom.

an operating-belt 24, Whichoperating-belt 24 1' the operating-pawl 27 is carried by a slide 28, movablel upon guideroo means of a hand-operated slide which can be pushed into the machine to 'operate the pawl `with-a fixed stop-piece form essential parts of 4 l As shown inrFig.' 1, the body portion of the' I i being withdrawn, the coins being'retained in`y lslide or .coin-carrier 36 is provided with end 'n f Fig. 9.

feelersor keys 37 and center feelers or fingers 38. As shown in Fig. 5, the feelers 38 are pivoted and will normally standin atipped position. At the side of the body portion of the slide 37 are spring-arms 39. in Fig. 12, the spring-arms 39 may be expanded and the feelers 38 held in horizontal position by inserting the proper coin orvcoins in the slide. For example, as shown in Fig. 1,

by placing two pennies or coins P side by side and inserting them below a cover-plate 40 the parts will be made to occupy the required relative position to operate the machine. The coins P are located immediately below slots 41, permitting the entrance of the downwardly-extending points of a detent to prevent the coins from being drawn back out of the machine. y As shown in Fig. 6, the stop-piece which co erates with the hand-slide is provided wit outside perforations 45 for receivingthe feelers or fingers 37 and with inside perforations 46 for reeeivin the feelers or iingers38. The stop-piece 42 is ocated in position in the machine so that a space 43 -will be left at eaehside thereof to receive the projecting arms 39. The stop-piece 42 is'located in line with a slideway formed of pieces 32 and which lopens through the end of the easing with an o ening 31, as shown in Fig. 3.

Pivotal y mounted above the slideway is a catch-piece 34, (shown in detail in Fig. 7,) which is pivotally mounted and provided with a spring 35,. Theeatchiece 34 serves to retain the coins in the mac ine when the hand-operated slide is withdrawn, and, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the coins may be al-` lowed to drop down into a receptacle or pocket R, havinga lockedl door D.A

. Considering now the operation of a vending-machine as constructed for the sale of two-cent stamps, two pennies will first be put into the hand-operated slide, as shown in The hand-operated slide can then be pushed linto the machine, the side pieces of the slide being spread far enough apart to pass the stop-piece and the pivoted feelers be eld up by the coins to register with the perforations ofthe stop-piece. This will permit the hand-operated. slide to be pushed in so that the side pieces thereof will move forward the carrier 23, which, through the pawl 27, will advance the feed-belt anddeliver a single stamp from the machine. When the slide is withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 11, the coins will be retained'in the machine, and the feelers or fingers of the slide will resume their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 12, whereby the slide cannot be again used for operating the As shown,

machine until the proper coin or coins are used in connection therewith.

I have illustrated the form of machine which would be employed for selling or delivering two-cent stamps. By using a greater or less number of coins a machine constructed according to this invention may be adapted for delivering stamps of different denominations.

Having thus fully deseribed'this invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, `what is claimed, and sought to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States, is-' 1. An apparatus of the class described, com rising a pusher-slide having side pieces whic i swing in toward the slide, and pivoted fingers which normally hang at an angle to the length of the slide, the side pieces and fingers being mounted to be held in operative 'position by coins of the proper dimensions.

2. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination of a pusher-slide having pivoted fingers which normally hang at an angle to the length of the slide, said lingers being mounted to be held in operative position by coins of a properdimension, and a stop-piece having openings for registering with said lingers only when the same are held in placev by coins.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a pusher-slide having side pieces which swing in toward the slide, and pivoted fingers which normally hang at an angle to the length of the slide, the side pieces and fingers being mounted to be held in operative position by coins of the proper dimensions, and a stop-piece having openings for Vmember having a blade adapted to mor'e into position for intereepting the coins, and a rearwardly-extending projection normally held down by the stamps in the machine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in .the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

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Witnesses:

E. M. ALLEN, Louis W. SoUTHGATn IOO IXO 

